Politics Gov. Inslee wants $30 million to combat opioid epidemic The biggest chunk of the funding request is to help people on Medicaid get off drugs or avoid getting on them in the first place. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
No, that's not cocaine. People are buying fentanyl in disguise and dying Overdose deaths from illicit fentanyl have spiked in Washington -- 81 in the first half of 2018, state officials say. Patricia Murphy
Law & Courts Where do the drugs that arrive on Seattle streets come from? The cartels are incredibly creative. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Health Needle trash is a problem. Should you pick it up? When needle trash litters the ground, it creates a health hazard. And the problem is growing with the opioid epidemic. Patricia Murphy
Health Nearly 380 people died from overdoses in 2017 Nearly 200 people have died in King County this year so far from overdoses. In 2017, nearly 380 people died of overdoses — a 10-year record in the county. Megan Farmer Paige Browning
Health New HIV infections in North Seattle worry public health officials “If HIV begins to spread in a new population of persons who inject drugs, who don’t have other risk factors for HIV, there can be a large outbreak potentially,” Public Health Seattle King County's Dr. Jeff Duchin said. Patricia Murphy
Former drug user on mission to help vulnerable on Seattle streets In Seattle’s bustling downtown, hundreds of people are living on the streets and battling drug addiction. That’s also where social worker Mikel Kowalcyk... Jasmine Aguilera
